diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 3bffc5910..180ad7437 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -254,15 +254,6 @@ jobs:
 # Skip as dead-slow in debug mode:
 #  - template: scripts/test-z3.yml
     - template: scripts/test-regressions.yml
-    - task: CopyFiles@2
-      inputs:
-        sourceFolder: dist
-        contents: '*.zip'
-        targetFolder: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
-    - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@0
-      inputs:
-        artifactName: 'MacOSPython'
-        targetPath: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
 
 
 - job: "MacOSCMake"
@@ -322,26 +313,3 @@ jobs:
 # Skip as dead-slow in debug mode:
 #  - template: scripts/test-z3.yml
     - template: scripts/test-regressions.yml
-
-
-- job: Python
-  displayName: "Python packaging"
-  pool:
-    vmImage: "ubuntu-24.04"
-  steps:
-  - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
-    displayName: 'Download macOS Build'
-    inputs:
-      artifactName: 'MacOSPython'
-      targetPath: $(Agent.TempDirectory)
-  - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
-    displayName: 'Download ManyLinux Build'    
-    inputs:
-      artifactName: 'ManyLinuxPythonBuildAmd64'
-      targetPath: $(Agent.TempDirectory)
-  - script: cd $(Agent.TempDirectory); mkdir osx-x64-bin; cd osx-x64-bin; unzip ../*x64-osx*.zip
-  - script: python3 -m pip install --user -U setuptools
-  - script: cd src/api/python; python3 setup.py sdist
-    # take a look at this PREMIUM HACK I came up with to get around the fact that the azure variable syntax overloads the bash syntax for subshells
-  - script: cd src/api/python; echo $(Agent.TempDirectory)/osx-x64-bin/* | xargs printf 'PACKAGE_FROM_RELEASE=%s\n' | xargs -I '{}' env '{}' python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
-  - script: cp $(Agent.TempDirectory)/*.whl src/api/python/dist